unless I am doing something wrong, the file ~ShipTechPrereqs.lua seems to be ignored when in Mods folder, any changes to it are accepted only if the file is edited in Lua State location

I added new station for all races, it can sit in Mods\mod_name\Drawers\Ships just fine and it is accepted, but ...

Ship placement and positioning is probably an entire topic in itself.

I think this is making it to the top of the list now, a lot of issues come from current ship placement and positioning

the thing is, a single formation is not going to solve this, you need different formation depending on ...

you can edit file new_galaxy.lua in folder Setup

look for this section of the code

I think those science bonuses and discount bonuses are a bit high for mods you are using

EDIT: you need to start a new game for changes to apply (I think)

if galaxy.difficulty == 'normal'
empire.resource_bonus ...

Also: would you be interested to do a pie-chart based on the sum of all pop types in the diplomacy menu - wherever it can be inserted?
This is nothing important game-play wise but it should look rely cool to see the empire composition. Think Stellaris had something like this, but due to the boring ...

moved all files to the first post, should work from Mod folder, please let me know if there are any issues

ok, so here it is ... I want to clean it up (i.e. it may not work from Mod folder at the moment) at some point and maybe completely switch to SCOPE_call instead the way how it is done now ... fixed un-harmonized Tinkers also some scaling should be better now, it needs to be done per icon for ...

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thanks Sven, will look into that ... at some point ... I just need a bit of time off, just finished big control related project (lots and lots of time spent in various control algorithms and PLCs) and I don't feel like looking into any code for a ...

If everything were linear we wouldn't need to worry about these second-order effects from stacking stuff. But the impact of regen isn't linear, so I still think it's the regen.
regen is not linear in absolute values, it is in relative values, i.e. percentage ... I guess we have different opinion ...

The next thing I want to look at is making the AI possibly not retreat transports in combat if it is likely to win. It's pretty silly when a massive invasion fleet arrives at a planet, but because there's a few defenders all the transports leave and then have to be sent back.
this leads into ...

I think the problem with shields occupying system slot is that it is incredibly hard to balance ... for big ships you needs to have multiple system slots, so the ship really feels like big ship that can do multiple roles ... but the moment you decide to overload the ship with as many shields as ...

if anyone wants to play around with it, shields can only go to dedicated new hardpoint, it is not fully tested, please report any issues ... also, it may not work from Mods folder, you may need to replace files in Lua state

add ShieldSlot, for ships in Drawers\Ships in the section where other slots ...

maybe all we need is a dedicated shield slot that accepts shield only and remove ability to put shields into system/station slots ... so you can have only one shield per ship

I must say it was quite interesting to add new hardpoint type, it is spread over 4 files, if I captured everything ? well ...

OK, just gonna report this here because I'm pretty sure it is a bug.

When you research fusion warheads you gain access to fusion anti-missiles even if you haven't research the anti-missile tech. It doesn't make sense that you can now make fusion anti-missiles if you don't yet know how to make ...

harpy eagle wrote:Huh, didn't know about that, interesting. Do you think there is still a place in the game for this as a researchable tech as described above?

definitely

it is this tech, obtainable from harpies or herald ... easy to mod to fit your needs

this tech unlocks the weapon I quoted in previous post

tech 'Plasma Torpedoes' {
cost = mid(.4),
locked=true,
herald_codex=true,
prereq = all_of( 'Fusion', 'Heavy Missiles'),
unlocks_parts = 'Plasma Torpedo ...